KARACHI: Liaquat National Hospital (LNH), Karachi on Thursday announced to provide free of charge healthcare facilities to legendary cricketer and former Pakistan Test captain Younus Khan for his entire life and hoped that he would also avail the treatment facilities at the newly established department of sports medicines and injuries at the Hospital.
Medical Director of Liaquat National Hospital Dr Salman Faridi on this occasion handed over the a ‘Privilleged Card’ to former test captain Yunus Khan at a small and graceful ceremony at the Hospitals’ Faculty Lounge, enabling him to avail all the Healthcare facilities provided by the Hospital without any charge for his lifetime.
Felicitating the LNH for the honor, Younus Khan claimed that Liaquat National Hospital was one of the best healthcare facilities in Pakistan, which not only made him play a Test Match within 15 days of contracting dengue fever but also providing him such a fitness and energy that he even scored a hundred in that game.
“A few years back, when I was representing the national team, I contracted dengue fever and was admitted to LNH. Here at LNH they provided me such an excellent treatment and care that I was not only back to my feet within 15 days, but I also played a test match and even scored a Hundred,’’
Younus observed while speaking at the ceremony in his honor.
Younus Khan maintained that in addition to him, his mother was also a regular visitor of the of health facility Karachi, which is providing top of the line healthcare facilities to people of Pakistan with dignity and people are getting cured at the health facility without any heavy burden on their pockets.
Deploring that a lot of Pakistani cricketer’s careers ended abruptly in their initial years because of minor injuries at playgrounds as they could not afford quality treatment at the private healthcare facilities, he hoped that the newly-established department of sports medicine would help lot of players to continue performing for their teams and country by treating their injuries locally on reasonable cost.
“In my career I have seen many players whose careers were finished because of small injuries, which they ignored or they could not get them treated from the qualified specialists of sports medicine. I hope that LNH’s sports medicine department would provide best available treatment facilities to young players and sportsmen’’, he added.